As an industry leader, we are proud to apply the highest standards to safety, loss control, and environmental protection.
UPDATED COVID-19 PROTOCOLS & PROCEDURES
EverGreene has taken a cautious and calculated approach to protecting our workers from COVID-19. We are closely monitoring the ever-changing effects and adapting our practices to prevent its spread while continuing to pursue new and ongoing projects.
The following practices have been set in place to keep our employees healthy:
- Conducting on-site “toolbox talks”, briefing all employees on required protective measures
- Checking employees’ temperatures upon arrival at work site
- Maintaining social distance
- Following strict PPE requirements: all employees must wear necessary PPE and maintain proper hygiene at all times
- Minimizing exposure: Teams are encouraged not to share tools whenever possible; to disinfect all reusable supplies, tools, and equipment; and to limit the number of on-site office personnel when digital communication is practical and available
TRAINING & CERTIFICATION
Each of our 200+ employees receive extensive safety training. We train and re-train our team with OSHA 10- and 30-hour outreach classes, scaffold user and erector training, and lead environmental health and hygiene. Every supervisor maintains current OSHA 30-hour training cards, and our craftspeople maintain current OSHA 10-hour training. Our policy is that nobody may work unless they possess a current OSHA 10- or 30-hour training card, as well as a minimum scaffold user card. As our headquarters is in Brooklyn, we comply with the extremely stringent New York City Department of Buildings rules which in most cases exceed or supplement OSHA’s regulations. We are an EPA-certified RRP firm and many of our staff members are certified in First Aid and CPR by the American Red Cross.
STRETCH & FLEX
Beginning in 2013 as effort to manage soft-tissue injuries, EverGreene implemented a mandatory daily “Stretch and Flex” program – a series of stretches that our crews do daily at the beginning of their shifts around the country. In conjunction with our “Stretch and Flex” program, we also diligently work to eliminate and control employee and third-party risk and hazards by task. We do daily pre-task planning, to communicate to the crew what types of hazards exist in our day, and what steps to take in order to eliminate or control the hazard. Essentially, a job hazard analysis is done each morning, specific to that day’s work. It’s an effective tool to help protect our craftspeople and to protect the client’s team from claims and exposure.
TOOLBOX TALKS
EverGreene initiates weekly “toolbox talks” where supervisors sit with their crew and present a topical safety talk about a hazard or safety concern. These talks provide a wonderful forum for our crew and supervision to discuss not only the issue at hand (such as falls from heights) but also to serve as a safe place for general and specific safety concerns to be addressed.
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
EverGreene has a mandatory 100% zero tolerance Personal Protective Equipment policy. Every day, our crews must wear hard-soled boots, long pants, shirts with minimum 4” sleeves, hard hats, safety glasses (or goggles, face shield by task), and ANSI class II high visibility vests printed with EverGreene’s logo for identification.
Should a risk of chemical exposure exist, EverGreene will create and implement Exposure Control Plans to mitigate such hazards. The presence of Lead, Arsenic, asbestos, etc. will be addressed in the Safe Work Plan, kept on site. Masks, gloves, respirators or other necessary equipment will be provided for those working near hazardous materials. The EverGreene team has been trained to respond to chemical hazards to protect the safety of themselves, others, and the work being done.
